The Garden Boxes Are In the Ground
0May 17, 2013 by Melissa
We’re getting closer to having our garden! Big excitement! Hubs and I spent several hours last night digging and arranging …
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Category Living Here | Tags: DIY, garden, Home, raised garden bed, raised garden boxes, Spring, suburban gardening, Teamwork
A Glimpse Into The Garage
4May 16, 2013 by Melissa
Right now, the garage looks like this: Nope, we’re not moving again, and no we’re haven’t taken everything out of …
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Category Living Here | Tags: adventures, Being busy, garage, garage sale, Home, house, outside, Spring, warm weather, weekends
Powder Blue
3May 16, 2013 by Melissa
When Hubs and I were at Home Depot Tuesday night, I grabbed a bottle of light blue spray paint to …
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Category DIY | Tags: blue, DIY, garden, herbs, Home, How To, kitchen, Rustoluem powdery finish, spray paint, Spring, wife, window sill garden
Mapping It Out
4May 15, 2013 by Melissa
As we’ve told you guys for several weeks, we’re working on “growing up” out guest room. Here’s the most recent …
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Category Loving Here | Tags: artwork, DIY, DIY wall art, Home, house, How To, Teamwork, travel map
DIwYatt: Lighted Porch Post Caps (A Free Fix)
2May 15, 2013 by Wyatt
So Melissa told you about Almost Lighting up the Night last week. And I came up with a free fix. We …
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Category DIwYatt | Tags: DIwYatt, DIY, free, front porch, Home, house, Husband, LED solar powered lights, light, lighting fixutres, outdoor, outside, porch lights
Project Suburban Garden: Rookie Edition
2May 14, 2013 by Melissa
We officially restarted our garden yesterday. We already have the garden boxes ready to go into the ground (hopefully soon!). …
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Category Living Here | Tags: adventures, backyard, being outside, DIY, garden, growing a garden from seeds, Home, house, Kansas City, Spring, suburban gardening, suburbs, Teamwork
DIwYatt: Hanging Shop Lights
2May 13, 2013 by Wyatt
For Christmas, my in-laws gave me fluorescent overhead lights like the ones below. It’s a pretty sweet gift considering we …
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Category DIwYatt | Tags: DIwYatt, DIY, garage, hanging shop lights, Home, house, How To, Husband, late night projects, lights, weekends
(Almost) Lighting Up The Night
0May 10, 2013 by Melissa
First of all, thank you to everyone who has offered comments on the alarm situation. And if you haven’t, there’s …
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Category Living Here | Tags: Confessions, DIY, front porch, happy, Home, Husband, LED solar powered lights, lighted post caps, misadventures, Teamwork, wife
Alarm Advice
7May 9, 2013 by Melissa
Ok guys, the alarm is back at it. And this time, there’s no gas leak to blame. (Here’s how it …
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Category Living Here | Tags: adventures, advice, alarm, attic fan, carbon monoxide detector, help, Home, house, Lessons, smoke detector
Wacky Wicker
14May 8, 2013 by Melissa
I’m linking this post up to John and Sherry‘s Spring Pinterest Challenge. I love them (although we’ve never met!), their …
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Category DIY | Tags: being outside, DIY, Home, house, How To, painting, painting wicker furniture, patio furniture, Pinterest, spray paint, Spring, Teamwork, wicker
A Good Gas Guess
6May 7, 2013 by Melissa
Last night was another one of those nights in which the Shipmans got a good taste of how un-fun this …
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Category Living Here | Tags: adventures, alarm, Confessions, cooking, gas leak, Home, house, How To, Husband, misadventures, smell natural gas, Teamwork, wife
Growing Green
0May 6, 2013 by Melissa
I have another quick green onion update for you guys today. (For the first two posts in this series, read …
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Category DIY | Tags: adventures, DIY, Fresh Vegetables, garden, green onions, Home, house, How To, kitchen, Love, regrowing green onions, Spring, window sill garden
Raising The Curtains
2May 3, 2013 by Melissa
I had a few minutes yesterday to work on the curtain situation that was going on in our guest room. …
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Category DIY | Tags: bedroom, curtains, cutting curtains, design, DIY, guest bedroom, hanging curtains, hem tape, Home, house, how high to hang curtains, How To, wife
Choosing Joy
14May 3, 2013 by Melissa
This morning, I had a hard time getting out of bed. Not because I was sleepy or tired, I was …
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Category Wifely Life | Tags: choosing joy, Confessions, design, flowers, God Moments, happiness, happy, happy home, happy life, happy wife, Home, inspiration, joy, joyful, Lessons, Love, Pouting, scripture, Spring, tulips, wife
DIwYatt: Lining the Garden Boxes
0May 3, 2013 by Wyatt
Remember when I wrote about building the garden bed boxes here? Well that was step one. Step two involved limiting …
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Category DIwYatt | Tags: being outside, DIwYatt, DIY, doors and windows, Fresh Vegetables, garden, garden bed, gorilla tape, Home, house, raised bed, raised garden bed, raised garden boxes, yard
Green Onion Greatness
4May 2, 2013 by Melissa
Last week I replanted some store-bought green onions in hopes they would grow again for another harvest. (See this post, …
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Category DIY | Tags: DIY, Fresh Vegetables, green onions, Home, How To, kitchen, Love, regrowing green onions, Spring, window sill garden
Baby Steps
2May 1, 2013 by Melissa
Nope, I’m not pregnant, we’re talking about progress here., specifically we’re talking about slooooow progress. Like most of our rooms, …
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Category Living Here | Tags: baby steps, cheap design, curtain height, curtain rods, curtains, design, DIY, guest bedroom, hanging curtains, Home, house, Husband, Love, progress, Teamwork
Unlucky Leaks, An Honest Post
2May 1, 2013 by Melissa
Lately, I’ve heard a few things from friends and family (and some other readers we don’t know personally), that reading …
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Category Living Here | Tags: adventures, Car trouble, Confessions, everyday life, failures, Home, home blogging, home ownership, honesty, house, Husband, leaky sink, Messes, misadventures, unfun projects, wife
